Putin utilizing Kim Jong-un’s troops as ‘mine-clearing cannon fodder’ in Ukraine
The meat grinder grinds on as North Korean troops, some of whom didn’t know they were being sent to Ukraine, are being brutally thrown onto the front line to clear ground of explosive land mines.
Mad Vlad is using North Korean troops as mine-clearing cannon fodder in the Ukraine war. Kim Jong-un’s soldiers are being sent on deadly land mine clearance missions for Russia, putting them at risk of being blown up.
All the while, these troops sing patriotic songs about their dictator, attend political classes and stick to their own national food. Commanders insist that “every single Korean soldier is loyal only to their Supreme Commander-in-Chief and is determined to carry out his orders, even at the risk of their own lives.”
Around 14,000 North Korean soldiers have been deployed to the front line, of which over 4,000 are believed to have been killed in combat. Many did not know they were being sent to Ukraine. A further 100,000 are said to be “in the queue” to join.
In the Kursk region, the soldiers encountered a number of deadly traps never seen before in any military conflict, according to MK.
The Korean People’s Army have discovered artillery and mortar shells from the US, UK, and Bulgaria, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, hand grenades, and automatic grenade launcher rounds from a dozen NATO countries.
The Ukrainian army have reportedly turned household items, toys and fallen soldiers into mines.
The soldiers are known to burst into song, chanting patriotic lyrics about their love and respect for North Korea.
“These are songs about respect for our Supreme Commander-in-Chief,” a military translator told local Russian newspaper MK. “About love for our Motherland, about home and military camaraderie.”
Every morning, the soldiers perform a daily military ritual where they pay tribute to their homeland. They take turns approaching the national flag, removing their helmets, kneeling, and venerating the flag.
“Sacrificing themselves, the Korean sappers treat the Kursk region as their own and do everything possible to ensure the region’s residents return to peaceful life as quickly as possible,” the official said.
The North Korean fighters said their objective is “not only to continue the course of comprehensive cooperation between the two countries, but also to eradicate the neo-Nazism that has reared its head and restore peace and tranquility to the Kursk land.”
Kim Jong-un is pocketing the huge sums of money that was meant for the soldiers, North Korean defector Hyun-Seung Lee has claimed. The wages are reported to be $2,000 a month.
Hyun-Seung Lee — who was conscripted to the army at 17 — said the soldiers did not expect to be deployed to the battlefield and thought they were going to Ukraine as the support units, but “ended up on the front line as cannon fodder”.
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